Tuesday, January 26

The antique look is captured in this set of round scroll beads.On a base of Effetre Light Rose, the glass was gently fumed a golden castwhen theDouble Helix Aurae was reduced to bring theshimmering metallic glow to the surface.

Handpulled stringers of 99% pure silver and Effetre Dark Ivory flowandscroll over the base of CiM's Lapis blue and Dark Ivory.Each barrel shaped bead was then gently wrapped with 99% pure silverwireto create the melted droplets on each of the 7 beads in this set.

Handpulled stringers of 99% pure silver and Effetre DarkIvory flow and scroll over the base of CiM's Lapis blue.This set of 13 round beads are completely unique in that notwo are exactly the same in their organic looking silver veining.

Turquoise TridotsThis set is NOW SOLDMaterials: Effetre Glasses

On a base of Effetre Light Turquoise, trios of Intense Black Effetrewere added to the shoulders of each bead.Six Light Turquoise Spacers and black round glassbeads are included in this set.Turquoise is Pantone's colour of 2010, so get a jump onthis year's jewelry designs now.

I have been completing some glass testing with 2 testbatches from Double Helix.

"The KA series of glasses have color shifting properties and displayvaried tonalities in different light sources.Incandescent light and sunlightproduce purple, pink and ruby tones.Fluorescent lighting produces blue, green and amber tones.

Additionally, these colors both self strike and luster altering thetransmission spectrum of the glass.Many color outcomes arepossible with this unique color chemistry."

This first set is called:

Golden BlushThis set is now soldMaterials: CiM & Double Helix GlassesKA-357 was scrolled and striped on a base of CiM Blush, a gentle hue of pink.The bead was then reduced and encased with Double Helix clear glass, Aether.

Although it is difficult to photograph, the "mother of pearl" luster is rich.Blush spacers are included in this set to reflect the pink centresof the silver glass encased beads.

This close up shows the "mother of pearl" luster that was created oneach of the main beads in this set.

Coral GlowMaterials: Double Helix Glasses In this 3 bead set, KA-357 was used as the base and was reduced.After encasing the bead in Double Helix clear glass, Aether,the bead was shaped into a cube.

Although it is difficult to photograph, the "mother of pearl" luster is veryevident. This glass struck to a coral orange through thesteps of creating these beads.